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March 3, 2026 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Clarivate Publishes Analyses of Its Highly Cited Researchers List
Clarivate is sharing how its Highly Cited Researchers list has evolved from 2015 to 2025 with two new postings. Highly Cited Researchers: Key Trends 2015-2025 is an interactive dashboard for exploring how the profile of these researchers has shifted over time. “Headline findings” include the following: - The U.S. maintains a clear lead overall, but there are shifts in specific fields: in this dataset, Mainland China leads in Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, and Materials Science, compared with the 2014-2024 period where the U.S. led in all fields except Engineering and Materials Science.
- Between 2015 and 2025, Mainland China recorded a twelve-fold increase in Highly Cited Researcher awards.
- Switzerland shows the strongest movement among countries/regions when considering awards relative to researcher population, rising from 8th to 5th position compared to the 2014-2024 analysis.
“Research Powerhouses: The Top 70 Institutions Home to Highly Cited Researchers (2021-2025)” by David Pendlebury, head of research analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information, focuses on “the 70 top research institutions worldwide most frequently home to Highly Cited Researchers over the last five years, showing where research impact is most concentrated.” The post continues, “The top 21 institutions—each with a share of 0.7% or more, or around 50 or more researcher awards annually—account for 23.2% of all Highly Cited Researcher awards. And just six institutions, each with at least a 1% share, collectively account for 12.1% of the total.” The six are the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Stanford University, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Tsinghua University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
'AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries' by Greyson Pasiak
Greyson Pasiak, the liaison librarian for the students, faculty, and staff of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology, writes the following in “AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries” for The Scholarly Kitchen:Through the framework of vocational awe, I will explore how an expanded workload created by the implementation of generative AI can lead those in higher education to burnout. Academic librarians are increasingly tasked with creating and implementing new policies and ethical guidelines surrounding generative AI’s role in research and publishing practices. They are called through vocational language to educate on safe, transparent, and responsible use of AI. These new roles and responsibilities are coupled with insufficient time and general support, resulting in faculty and staff feeling fatigued. Many have already addressed how fatigue in higher education can ultimately lead to interruptions in publishing support and academic research if not addressed. For more information, read the blog post.
CCC Expands Its AI Licensing Options
CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) is “launching internal-only AI re-use rights for text-based works from participating rightsholders in its Annual Copyright License for Higher Education (ACLHE), addressing use cases such as prompting, summarization, chatbots, and other AI uses, within a college or university. CCC will also launch AI Transactional Rights featuring pay-per-use options for specific AI use cases, beginning with content summarization.”CCC now offers “four AI licensing options, including its Annual Copyright License (ACL), an enterprise-wide, voluntary, non-exclusive licensing solution, featuring a consistent set of internal-only AI re-use rights for businesses; and CCC’s AI Systems Training License, a voluntary, non-exclusive solution for organizations training AI systems for uses external to their organization.” For more information, read the press release.
Book Riot Analyzes the New IMLS
Kelly Jensen writes the following in “The Ensh*ttification of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Trucks On: What’s Happening and What You Can Do” for Book Riot:IMLS is an arm of propaganda for the Trump-Vance regime. This was evident in the takeover of the agency’s social media, and it continues today, not only in its outlandish, misinformed takes on the agency’s role but also through a current project dubbed the Freedom Trucks. … The IMLS is also serving as one of the agencies advancing administrative priorities around advancing AI in education. The agency recently announced that over four million dollars of the IMLS’s budget … would be directed to eight projects aligned with Trump’s 2025 Executive Order, “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.” … For more information, read the article.
TLC Updates Its ILS Software and Launches a Customer Newsletter
The Library Corp. (TLC) announced “new software version general releases for both its CARL•Solution (2025 Release 2) and Library•Solution (v5.9) Integrated Library Systems; … and the launch of Nerd Rabbit News, a customer newsletter focusing on what’s new at TLC.”CARL•Solution 2025 Release 2 “ brings updates to CARL•Connect Discovery that enhance the search and browsing experience for patrons with intuitive, Google-like searching that detects stop words and delivers the most relevant results first. Location-smart searching also ensures that materials available at the patron’s current branch rise to the top of the search results automatically, even without logging in—making it easier than ever for users to find the right results at the right location, right when they need them.” Library•Solution v5.9 now allows users to “manage hold requests more efficiently by declining holds, adding comments, replacing holds, and marking items as Missing. This version also allows printing and exporting of hold request details, with support for higher screen resolutions to enhance usability.” In addition, “TLC launched the inaugural edition of Nerd Rabbit News on January 15th. The Nerd Rabbit—a grassroots mascot of TLC’s annual user group, TLCU—has expanded its role beyond the conference to promote more content to customers more frequently. This once-a-month, at-a-glance roundup of TLC news for the month ahead includes webinars, events, useful tips, and the occasional customer story, all in one place, with links to anything customers wish to explore further.” For more information, read the news item.
OpenEvidence Adds Wiley's Scientific and Medical Content to Its Platform
Wiley entered into a strategic partnership with OpenEvidence “to bring Wiley’s trusted scientific and medical content into OpenEvidence. Through the partnership, physicians using OpenEvidence at the point of care can rely on content from hundreds of Wiley’s peer-reviewed journals and resources across key medical specialties to support their clinical decisions.”Wiley shares, “Medical knowledge doubles every 73 days. Historically, published research has taken an average of 17 years to reach clinical practice. Helping doctors make point-of-care decisions grounded in the best and latest science requires more than capable AI; it needs the right underlying content. OpenEvidence was built on a principle its founders call ‘gold in, gold out’: specialized models trained on peer-reviewed literature, not the open internet, with every answer grounded in sources a physician can drill into and verify. By joining OpenEvidence’s existing network of content partners, Wiley extends that foundation.” For more information, read the press release.
TLC Releases a White Paper on 'Managing Family Preferences' for School Libraries
TLC (The Library Corp.) published a white paper, “Guardian Engagement: Managing Family Preferences Within School Library Collections.” It “outlines a practical, library-centered approach to managing family preferences while protecting equitable access to school library collections,” drawing on “TLC’s work supporting the 15 school districts using Guardian Engagement with Library•Solution for Schools across the United States, including 11 districts in Texas, two in Virginia, one in Louisiana, and one in Maryland. These districts represent a wide range of community needs, staffing realities, and policies that school librarians are facing.”Guardian Engagement is “a free, opt-in only feature of Library•Solution for Schools” that “was developed in direct partnership with Texas school districts seeking a better way to respond to parental concerns without placing additional administrative burdens on librarians or limiting access for entire student populations. The result led to a solution that preserves professional autonomy, supports individualized family preferences, and maintains student access to diverse collections.” For more information, read the press release.
ZDNET Explores AI's Impact on Job Security
Mark Samuels writes the following in “Worried About AI Job Security? 5 Simple Ways to Pivot at Work Now (Instead of Stressing)” for ZDNET:Evidence suggests workers have lost confidence in AI, with many proof-of-concept tests not moving to production. Even when AI projects deliver results, talk of potential job losses means it’s easy to understand why workers are anxious about emerging technology. However, it’s not all bad news. When deployed effectively, gen AI systems can boost your productivity, allowing you to spend more time on tasks that add value. Agentic AI services can even act as your trusted companion when completing work tasks. Here are five ways to temper your anxieties and start feeling more comfortable about the implementation of AI. For more information, read the article.
OverDrive Reveals the Libby Book Award Winners and Appoints a New President
The 2026 Libby Book Award winners recognize “the best books, audiobooks and digital experiences of the year. Selected by expert librarians from across North America, this year’s winners highlight standout works that captured the hearts of readers, featuring both debut authors and beloved names in the literary world.” Here are a few of the winners:- Reader’s Choice—Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
- Book of the Year, Adult Fiction—Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Book of the Year, Adult Nonfiction—A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
- Audiobook of the Year—My Friends by Fredrik Backman
- Best Comic/Graphic Novel—Spent by Alison Bechdel
OverDrive named Marc DeBevoise its new president and appointed him to the board of directors. “DeBevoise will guide OverDrive’s continued investment in tools, partnerships, and product innovation that support educators, librarians, and learners,” the company states. “He holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Digital Strategy at New York University and serves on the Board of The Door, a large New York City non-profit youth development organization. His experience at the intersection of media, technology, and learning positions him to help OverDrive expand how students, teachers, and library patrons discover and engage with stories, knowledge, and ideas in every format.”
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